Lockwood Schools - School Board Agenda

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All of the items 1-5 can be approved with one motion and vote. Any trustee can pull an
item from the consent agenda at any meeting if they want to discuss that item further. I
recommend that we approve the consent agenda.

Approve Memorandum of Understanding with Lockwood Paraprofessional Association
I recommend that the board approve the attached MOU with the LPA. This clarifies the
procedure for a Paraprofessional to notify the District of a lane change on the salary schedule
due to obtaining a 4-year degree or becoming a certified teacher.

Declaration of Unforeseen Emergency Day
I recommend that the Board declare February 20, 2018 an unforeseen emergency closure day. I
also recommend that under MCA 20-9-806(2) we do not have students make this day up. I
would further recommend that we do not have staff make this day up either. Any certified staff
member who put in leave for just that day will have the leave refunded; any certified staff
member on planned leave of more than that one day will not. Classified staff that did not work
on that day can either opt to use vacation leave or not be paid for the day.

Approve 2018-19 Calendar Addenda
I recommend that we make one addition to the 2018-19 school year before we publish it. I’d like
to designate March 18, 2019 as a weather related make up day. We can use this day this way
regardless but I’d prefer to notify parents and staff of the possibility ahead of time.

Approve Variance to Teachers’ Master Agreement
In January, we approved a variance to the Master Agreement that allowed staff to donate an
additional five days of leave to a specific staff member dealing with an ongoing illness. I
recommend that the Board approve allowing this staff member to receive five additional days at
this time.

Approve Contact with Bond Counsel
I recommend that the board approve the agreement to utilize Dorsey as our bond counsel as
outlined in the attached engagement letter. I clarified that the final bond amount being $900,000
more will not change their fee estimate. I also clarified that if the bonds should fail, due to this
being a different process than a typical bond due to the expansion issues, their fee will be
around $4,000 for work leading up to the vote.

Approve Estimated Permissive Funds Resolution
Last legislative session SB307, now codified as 20-9-116, requires public notice of non-voted
levies prior to March 31st. The attached sheet includes both our BASE budget as well as the
non-voted levies in order to give our taxpayers as much information as possible. Using our
current taxable value we estimate a decrease of approximately 9 mills. These estimates are
dependent on the HS bond passing, if it does not, then I will recommend increases from the
current estimates to the Permissive Building Reserve and possibly other funds to address facility
needs we have rolled into the bond cost.

Accept Bid for Phase I of Roofing Project
I recommend that we accept the bid from Perfect 10 Roofing to do the Phase I work of our
roofing project. They were the lowest bid by a significant amount and we have experience in
working with them as they re-roofed Sturtevant Gymnasium.